How To Install xautomation on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xautomation on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xautomation
xautomation is:
Control X from the command line for scripts, and do “visual scraping” to find things on the screen. The control interface allows mouse movement, clicking, button up/down, key up/down, etc, using the XTest extension. The visgrep program find images inside of images and reports the coordinates, allowing programs to find buttons, etc, on the screen to click on.
If you just want to control X, you may find xdotool easier to use.
There are three methods to install xautomation on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xautomation Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xautomation using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xautomation
Install xautomation Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xautomation using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xautomation
Install xautomation Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xautomation using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xautomation
How To Uninstall xautomation on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xautomation package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xautomation
Uninstall xautomation And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xautomation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xautomation
Remove xautomation Configurations and Data
To remove xautomation configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xautomation
Remove xautomation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xautomation configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xautomation
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xautomation package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
